HARDtalk Podcast
In-depth, hard-hitting interviews with newsworthy personalities.
Episodes to download
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Jan Lipavsk媒: Will energy crisis break Europe's stand against Moscow?
Fri 21 Oct 2022
Stephen Sackur speaks to the Czech foreign minister, an ardent supporter of Ukraine
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German Galushchenko: How vulnerable is Ukraine?
Wed 19 Oct 2022
Stephen Sackur speaks to Ukraine鈥檚 energy minister
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Dr Anthony Fauci: What did the US get wrong about Covid?
Fri 14 Oct 2022
Stephen Sackur speaks to the man who was at the forefront of America's Covid response
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Amin Salam: Is Lebanon heading for meltdown?
Wed 12 Oct 2022
Stephen Sackur interviews Lebanon鈥檚 minister of economy and trade
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Maggie Haberman: Donald Trump and journalistic responsibility
Fri 7 Oct 2022
Zeinab Badawi speaks to the author of a new book about Donald Trump's rise and fall
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Boris Grebenshchikov: Culture and protest in Russia
Wed 5 Oct 2022
Zeinab Badawi speaks to a Russian rock musician exiled in London
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Masih Alinejad: A revolution for Iranian women?
Fri 30 Sep 2022
Stephen Sackur speaks to an exiled Iranian women鈥檚 rights activist
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Evgeny Popov: Russia's mobilisation
Wed 28 Sep 2022
We speak to Russian MP, Putin loyalist and influential TV host Evgeny Popov.
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Reverend Richard Coles: Living with grief
Mon 26 Sep 2022
How a priest and broadcaster faced the shock of his husband's death
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Ivanna Klympush-Tsintsadze: Can Putin鈥檚 threats undermine support for Ukraine?
Fri 23 Sep 2022
Stephen Sackur speaks to the chair of the Ukrainian parliament鈥檚 EU Integration Committee
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Maria Pevchikh: Where does Russia's anti-Putin movement go from here?
Mon 12 Sep 2022
Stephen Sackur speaks to a leading member of Alexei Navalny鈥檚 Anti-Corruption Foundation
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Vadym Prystaiko: Can Ukraine count on its allies?
Fri 9 Sep 2022
Stephen Sackur speaks to Ukraine's ambassador to the UK
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Enrico Letta: Is Italy set to choose a far-right government?
Wed 7 Sep 2022
Stephen Sackur speaks to the leader of Italy鈥檚 centre-left Democratic Party
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Lindsey Graham: Trump and the midterms
Mon 5 Sep 2022
Stephen Sackur speaks to one of Donald Trump's most forceful defenders in the US Senate
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Tova Friedman: Learning from history
Fri 2 Sep 2022
Stephen Sackur speaks to a survivor of the Holocaust
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Gwen Adshead: Getting inside the minds of murderers
Wed 31 Aug 2022
How do you treat those responsible for the most heinous of crimes?
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Pinchas Goldschmidt: Is the Ukraine war deepening Jewish anxiety?
Mon 29 Aug 2022
Stephen Sackur talks to the former chief rabbi of Moscow
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Olga Rudenko: Is there room for government critique in Ukraine's fight for survival?
Fri 26 Aug 2022
Stephen Sackur speaks to the chief editor of the Kyiv Independent
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Sir Peter Blake: What keeps his creativity alive?
Mon 22 Aug 2022
Stephen Sackur interviews renowned artist Sir Peter Blake.
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Kri拧j膩nis Kari艈拧: Is Latvia still vulnerable?
Fri 19 Aug 2022
Stephen Sackur speaks to the prime minister of Latvia
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George Monbiot: Surrounded by fear
Wed 17 Aug 2022
Stephen Sackur interviews writer and environmental activist George Monbiot.
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Shon Faye: The transgender issue
Mon 15 Aug 2022
Stephen Sackur interviews author and journalist Shon Faye
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Amrullah Saleh: Is resistance in Afghanistan viable?
Fri 12 Aug 2022
Stephen Sackur speaks to the former First Vice President of Afghanistan Amrullah Saleh.
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Albert Woodfox: Freedom after a life inside
Wed 10 Aug 2022
In 2019, Stephen Sackur spoke to the former member of the Black Panther movement
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Gregory Doran: Why does Shakespeare still captivate us?
Fri 5 Aug 2022
Stephen Sackur interviews the artistic director emeritus of the Royal Shakespeare Company
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The Singh Twins: Mixing art and politics
Wed 3 Aug 2022
Zeinab Badawi speaks to the acclaimed contemporary British artists
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Julius Malema: Is South Africa on the brink of chaos?
Fri 29 Jul 2022
Stephen Sackur speaks to the leader of the Economic Freedom Fighters
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Fatih Birol: Could short-term panic derail the clean energy transition?
Wed 27 Jul 2022
Stephen Sackur speaks to the head of the International Energy Agency.
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Sharan Burrow: Do workers have faith in collective action?
Fri 22 Jul 2022
An interview with the general secretary of the International Trade Union Confederation
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Omah Lay: Is there a universal message in his music?
Mon 18 Jul 2022
Sarah Montague speaks to Omah Lay, Nigerian Afrobeats Musician
